The Department of Veterans Affairs will award $1.17 billion in grants to 680 organizations nationwide to help veterans who are homeless or at risk.
In the 20 years since the attacks, some of those service members deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan multiple times. Some of the troops concluded their service and used the GI Bill to finish college, while others made a career out of the military. Their lives, and the lives of their families, were shaped by 9/11.
Majority Leader John Thune is asserting Congress' prerogative to act on AI — but he's urging a "light touch" even in the face of "consequential risks." Why it matters: On his first day back after a five-week break, Thune (R-S.D.) outlined his vision for congressional action on an issue President Trump has dismissed as a "hoax ." - "Congress has a job to do," Thune said. - "I think there are some potential consequential risks associated with AI," Thune told reporters when asked if he believes AI poses an existential threat to humanity. He added, "Guardrails there make sense to me" about cutting-edge, frontier AI models. - But Thune also said that "there are always people who are creating a worst-case-scenario-type conversation out…
The Supreme Court struck down the U.S. Postal Service's rule restructuring mail-in voting Monday, halting a major Trump administration priority. The big picture: The decision is a major win for voting rights advocates and the states that challenged the administration's plan; it also reverses the Supreme Court's earlier green light for President Trump's mail-in voting order. - The justices' prior unsigned order allowing the rule to proceed was not a ruling on the merits — but this time around, they decided the government is "unlikely to succeed on the merits of its challenge." Driving the news: While the court denied the administration's stance, the justices were divided on the merits of the case. - Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in…
Sen. Mitch McConnell voted at the U.S. Capitol on Monday for the first time in three months after being hospitalized in June. Why it matters: The Kentucky Republican's return could finally unjam the farm bill — and put some MAGA world rumors to rest about his ability to do the job. - McConnell arrived in a wheelchair and spoke briefly to reporters, joking that after years of avoiding their questions, he "wasn't sure how many of you would be here today. But I'm glad to see you. It's time to get back to work." - He did not take questions but cast a vote Monday evening in favor of Matthew Byrne's nomination to be a district judge in Ohio. ' - McConnell said he was ready to work on the farm bill, as well as on supporting NATO and…
The 5-percent milestone, last topped in 2023, deepened worries that rising borrowing costs will squeeze households and swell the cost of carrying the national debt.
The Trump administration had said the plan was necessary to protect against voter fraud, while states and voting rights groups said it could inject chaos in contests that will determine control of Congress.
The majority of justices merely determined that the administration's position was unlikely to succeed.
The list of winners for the 78th Emmy Awards.
The more the logic of capitalism pervades the rest of life, the less room there is for compassion, honor or heroism.